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Lettera Patent No. 69,749, dated October 15, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN CART-SADDLBS.

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TO .ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Beit known that I, JOHN BEA, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Cart-Saddle, and that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact speeilication of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my said improvements, by which my invention may be distinguished from all others of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim, and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent.

vThis invention relates to a new and useful improvement in saddles which are used with eart-harnesses, and by which the horse is made to sustain a portion of the load of the cart.

The invention consists in s. novel manner of constructing the saddle, whereby the same may be'manufactnred at a much less cost than hitherto, and equally as good a saddle obtained. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a plan or top view of my invention.

Figure 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the same, taken in the .line :c x, iig. I. Figure 3,' a transverse vertical section' of the same, taken in the line y y, fig. 1. Figure 4, a detached inverted plan of one of the pads pertaining to the same. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents a curved bar or bow, constructed of hard wood, perfectly rigid, and having a groove, ct, made.

in its upper surface,'and extending itswhole length, in order to receive the chain which sustains the thilis of the cart. To the underside of the curved bar or bow A there are firmly secured two wooden plates, b 6, one near cach end, said plates being` secured to the bur or bow by bolts, screws, or other suitable means. B B represent thetwo pads of the saddle, which are each constructed by tacking leather or any suitable ilexible or textile fabric to a wooden plate, C. The plates C are about equal in dim'cnsions to the plates b b, which are secured to the bar or bow A, and the pads are stuti'ed by inserting a filling of tow or other suitable material into them through a hole, e, in each plate C, (see fig. 4.) Whenthe pads are properly stulied, the plates C are secured tothe plates b by means of screws cl. By this arrangement the pads lnay be very expeditiously manufactured, and at a very small expense.

The construction of the pads of cart-saddles has hitherto been attended with considerable trouble and expense, as' a complete case is required of leather or other flexible material, and stuffed or padded in proper shape. The tacking of the exble material-to a wooden plate, C, may be done in a short time, and without any diilienlty whateverkin getting a proper shape, and the pads may be stuffed with the greatest facility through the openings in the plates, and the latter readily secured to the plates b of the bar or bow.

I) D are leather straps, to which the girt is secured. These straps are secured by screws or nails, (LX, between the ends of the bar or bow A and the plates', b b, as shown clearly in iig. 2.

The whole arrangement is extremely simple and etiicient, and may be constructed by persons of ordinary ability, skilled mechanics not being required in order to make a neat saddle.

Havig thus describedsmy invention,`I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I. The plates b I), attached -to vthe bar 'or bow A, one at each end, in combination with the plates C C, having 'holes c made in them, and leather or other flexible material attached, which are stuffed to form pads B, substantially as shown and described.

2. The straps D D, attached to -the saddle-tree between the ends of the bar or bow A and the plates b b, when said straps nrc applied to or used in combination with a cart-saddle, constructed in the manner substantlally as herein shown and described.

JOHN BEA.

Witnesses:

AMzr J. Dessen, D. LAUCK. 

